diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
index 39a0543b23d4333dca6f941324976d6bb156907a..9cd3993ea85708a325432147b6f7f055edf61c03 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ static int32_t tsdbCheckAndSetDefaultCfg(STsdbCfg *pCfg) {
   }
 
   // Check keep
+#if 0  // already checked and set in mnodeSetDefaultDbCfg
   if (pCfg->keep == -1) {
     pCfg->keep = TSDB_DEFAULT_KEEP;
   } else {
@@ -525,6 +526,25 @@ static int32_t tsdbCheckAndSetDefaultCfg(STsdbCfg *pCfg) {
   if (pCfg->keep2 == 0) {
     pCfg->keep2 = pCfg->keep;
   }
+#endif
+
+  int32_t keepMin = pCfg->keep1;
+  int32_t keepMid = pCfg->keep2;
+  int32_t keepMax = pCfg->keep;
+
+  if (keepMin > keepMid) {
+    SWAP(keepMin, keepMid, int32_t);
+  }
+  if (keepMin > keepMax) {
+    SWAP(keepMin, keepMax, int32_t);
+  }
+  if (keepMid > keepMax) {
+    SWAP(keepMid, keepMax, int32_t);
+  }
+
+  pCfg->keep = keepMax;
+  pCfg->keep1 = keepMin;
+  pCfg->keep2 = keepMid;
 
   // update check
   if (pCfg->update < TD_ROW_DISCARD_UPDATE || pCfg->update > TD_ROW_PARTIAL_UPDATE)